VOLKSWAGEN JETTA - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed
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0.16 -> (engine revving)
2.96 -> - Do you like German automobiles?
5.45 -> Do you want to put your
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8.3 -> but don't have the moolah to throw down
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13.42 -> Well, boy oh boy, do I has a car for you!
16.6 -> It handles like a Scirocco,
has the roominess of a Dasher,
20.29 -> the fuel-efficiency of a Rabbit,
22.337 -> and my high school girlfriend
Abby drove us to prom in one.
26.89 -> This is everything you need
to know to get up to speed
29.94 -> on the Volkswagen Jetta!
33.33 -> Hi, Abby, congratulations
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84.6 -> Sick.
86.84 -> The roots of the Jetta
being with the Golf,
89.04 -> or the Rabbit, as they
called it here in the States.
92.199 -> VW's insanely popular
front-wheel drive hatchback
96.12 -> built to replace the Beetle.
97.54 -> While the Golf was a great seller,
99.57 -> and to this day, is the top
car sold by the company,
102.97 -> VW knew that the more common
105.8 -> three-box design car body configuration
108.47 -> would attract more customers
to the German brand.
111.58 -> - [Announcer] We're also impressed at way
113.38 -> Volkswagen make Jetta.
115.25 -> - Like the Golf before it,
116.37 -> the Mark 1 Jetta got it's styling
118.08 -> from the Italian automobile
designer Giogetto Giugiaro.
122.912 -> Giugiario?
124.36 -> The same dude who designed
the Delorean, the DB4,
127.9 -> the Scirocco, and a
ga-ja-dillion other cars.
132.44 -> He took the Golf Mark 1
design and added a rear trunk
135.61 -> that matched the boxy, angular shape
137.87 -> of the popular hatchback.
139.31 -> They used the same
suspension setup at the Golf.
142.24 -> Macpherson struts in the front,
143.83 -> and a twist-beam rear
suspension in the back.
145.95 -> The wheelbase was kept
the same at 94.5 inches.
150.05 -> But with the added
trunk, the overall length
152.63 -> was increased by 15 inches.
154.43 -> But VW couldn't charge 25% more
156.68 -> for just adding a trunk to a Golf.
158.55 -> Well, I mean, they could but they didn't.
160.17 -> They classed the interior up,
161.73 -> offering multiple trim
levels to choose from
164.22 -> that included velour or vinyl.
167.23 -> And did I say a trunk?
169.42 -> The budget sedan was practical
enough for a family of four
172.58 -> and sporty enough to make you forget
174.53 -> about your family of four.
176.11 -> And the motor?
177.33 -> She was zippy.
178.668 -> (engine revving)
181.739 -> It was the same one that
they put in the Scirocco,
183.77 -> the Audi 4000, and yes, the Rabbit.
187.21 -> It was a 1.6 liter Bosch KE-Jetronic
190.75 -> fuel-injected inline-4,
192.21 -> producing 76 hrsprs and
83 pound feet of torque.
195.583 -> Capable of getting you and
the fam to 110 miles per.
200.099 -> "Yay!:
201.61 -> "Honey, slow down."
202.95 -> "We got to get to church on time!"
205.11 -> "It's Saturday, Frank!"
206.79 -> "I know that, Debra, but we're Jewish!"
209.38 -> "Oh, that's, right."
211.4 -> VW was an early proponent of
passive restraint systems,
214.89 -> like automatic seat belts.
216.26 -> Remember, this was the 80s.
218.47 -> Cars had to have them,
219.89 -> but it didn't mean you had to wear them.
222.93 -> The Jetta got a five out of
five on a crash test rating
225.39 -> by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
227.82 -> for both the driver and
front passenger sides.
230.69 -> In 1984, the last year of the Mark 1,
232.73 -> VW would release their GLI,
234.85 -> the sporty spice version of the Jetta.
237.16 -> Similar to the Golf
GTI, the GLI copied over
240.81 -> many of the parts from it's hatchback bro.
243.05 -> Like the 90 hrspr 1.8 liter engine.
246.28 -> The motor got lighter pistons,
a higher compression ratio,
249.15 -> and the cylinder heads were
altered for performance.
251.82 -> It was a GTI
256.979 -> with a trunk. (farts)
259.16 -> - [Announcer] Jetta.
259.993 -> It's not a car, it's a Volkswagen.
262.219 -> - But while the Golf Mark
1 sold like Ghostbusters,
266.75 -> the Jetta didn't.
268 -> Even though it was more
practical for a family of four,
270.73 -> the hatchback brother outshone it.
272.96 -> So what did VW do?
275.24 -> They continued to make the Jetta.
276.92 -> Enter the Mark 2! (mimics air horns)
280.499 -> (engine revving)
282.79 -> Americans love their sedans,
284.59 -> but the inaugural Jetta was
just a little too small.
287.41 -> So VW gave it a shot of HGH,
and the Jetta got bigger.
292.05 -> Going from subcompact to compact.
294.69 -> This preteen growth spurt
296.47 -> make the Mark 2 nearly four inches longer
299.04 -> and two inches wider.
300.53 -> And the wheelbase grew over 2.5 inches.
303.61 -> And just like me,
304.63 -> it could now hold five
people instead of four.
307.81 -> And the real car fact
you all came here for,
311.06 -> the trunk, it gained 30 liters,
313.86 -> or 10 bottles of Faygo.
316.46 -> Whoop, whoop!
317.57 -> The baseline Mark 2 Jettas came standard
320.52 -> with a 1.8 liter inline-4,
322.51 -> made into either a four-speed manual
324.79 -> or a three-speed automatic.
326.48 -> There were also diesel options.
327.949 -> (engine revving)
(laughter)
331.1 -> The pumped up GLI returned
333.16 -> for the second generation in 1987,
335.3 -> and started with a 1.8 liter 16 valve
338.64 -> and then was upgraded
to a two liter 16 valve
341.59 -> with 134 hrsprs!
344.101 -> (high-pitch engine revving)
347.96 -> That's the one you want.
349.19 -> Both were made into a five-speed manual
350.93 -> and came with sportier, wide
alloy wheels made by BBS,
354.39 -> sport-tuned suspension,
355.71 -> and really, really sick Ricardo seats.
359.92 -> And while the Mark 2 Jetta
361.64 -> was the best-selling European
car in North America,
365.44 -> outselling its little bro two to one,
368.25 -> VW sales in the states were dropping.
371.32 -> This was partly due to them
selling the second gen Jetta
374.57 -> unchanged in the States for 8 years.
376.96 -> The longest running Jetta to date.
379.48 -> That might sound good,
380.69 -> but its competitors at the time,
382.18 -> like the Toyota Camry
and the Honda Accord,
385.39 -> were getting better,
386.41 -> while the Jetta pretty
much stayed the same.
388.81 -> VW started to feel the pinch
391.183 -> as early as the 80s here in the States.
393.72 -> North American sales would teeter-totter
395.74 -> throughout the decade, but in 1993,
397.69 -> it hit an all time low.
398.86 -> 50,000 vehicles sold.
400.71 -> That's the total number across all models.
403.44 -> In '93, Toyota sold 300,000 Camrys.
406.84 -> So it wasn't a time when
408.12 -> people weren't buy cars across
the board, because they were.
411.07 -> Americans just weren't buying VWs.
413.91 -> VW debated pulling out
415.67 -> of the North American market altogether,
417.46 -> but luckily for me, in 1993,
the Mark 3 changed all that.
421.795 -> (tires screeching)
(cheering)
425.83 -> You see, VW knew that Abby would need
429.04 -> a third gen Jetta to drive us to prom.
431.63 -> So they obliged.
433.72 -> The third gen Jetta will go down
435.965 -> as the car that saved
the American arm of VW.
441.64 -> If you're European, you never
got the third gen Jetta.
445.5 -> Ha!
446.333 -> Now you know what it feels like, Europe!
449.46 -> Actually, Europe did get the Mark 3 Jetta.
453.46 -> It was just called the Vento.
454.94 -> Yeah.
456.15 -> They got smaller bumpers
and cooler trimlines too.
460.09 -> Yeah, I know.
461.78 -> Giogetto Giugiaro didn't put
his design hands on the Mark 3,
466.32 -> but Herbert Schaefer did.
468.55 -> Schaefer rounded the edges of the car,
470.46 -> helping create a more
modern look for the time.
473.33 -> But still keeping true
to the Jetta imagine.
476.27 -> The Mark 3 got two new motors.
478.32 -> The TDI, a 1.9 liter turbocharged
481.12 -> direct-injection diesel engine,
482.93 -> and (mimics horn) the VR6 2.8 liter
487.16 -> Dual Overhead Cam, narrow-angled V6!
490.69 -> The second best-sounding motor ever!
494.404 -> (engine revving)
497.44 -> The compact design helped VW run the VR6
500.02 -> in cars that only had
space for four cylinders,
502.6 -> like the Jetta.
503.67 -> The 172 hrspr VR6 got
the wind mobile moving
507.71 -> from zero to 60 in a
very sexy 6.9 seconds.
512.965 -> (tires screeching)
515.87 -> Macpherson struts in the front,
517.36 -> and torsion-beam axle out back,
519.76 -> along with front and rear sway bars.
521.47 -> The most important upgrade
though, cup holders.
524.73 -> Seven of them to be exact.
526.44 -> You want to learn more about cup holders?
528.24 -> Check out this episode of Wheel House.
529.63 -> The interior was further refined.
531.33 -> Leather seats were an option now.
532.78 -> VW used recycled plastics
inside that cabin
535.95 -> in order to sell the Jetta as
more environmentally friendly.
538.86 -> They also ditched the two-door version.
541.55 -> With so many improvements over
the previous Jetta Mark 2,
544.82 -> VW sold close to 400,000 Mark
3s during its five year run,
549.752 -> effectively pulling VW out of their slump.
553.411 -> "We're staying in America, boys!"
555.73 -> "Oh, that's so great!"
557.578 -> (engine revving)
560.68 -> And if the Mark 3 Jetta isn't
sorority girl enough for yous,
565.34 -> VW was working on
567.78 -> the most sorority girl car ever.
571.62 -> The fourth gen was the beginning of
573.15 -> the Golf-Jetta separation,
but the two cars did share
576.4 -> a few things during those
years that are important.
578.88 -> The main one being the 1.8
liter turbo, AKA, never lose!
584.88 -> (engine revving)
589.42 -> If you were in the VW
car game at the time,
591.54 -> the battle raved between
the VR6 and the 1.8 T.
595.8 -> Which one is better?
596.65 -> If you want my humble boy
opinion, it'd have to be the VR6.
599.7 -> But what do I know?
600.85 -> I've only owned 26 of them.
603.4 -> The VR6 returned with the Mark 4,
605.08 -> and this time, you could
get it with 24 valves.
607.56 -> And the GLI was back.
609.14 -> It got some cool suspension
bits, really cool body kit,
613.19 -> and big old 18 inch BBS honkers.
615.43 -> And the best part about
the Mark 4 and the 1.8 T,
618.42 -> was the (mimics engine sound).
619.293 -> (engine revving)
621.864 -> The Mark 4 wasn't all roses though.
623.84 -> It got new electrical gremlins,
625.41 -> and cheap interior parts
peeled and popped off.
628.04 -> Also, it smelt like crayons.
630.072 -> I don't know why they smell like crayons.
632.03 -> If you do, let me know in the comments.
633.85 -> It's called a call to action.
635.28 -> It builds a community.
636.41 -> You see, YouTube is different from TV
638.552 -> because you can talk to me.
640.144 -> Can't wait to hear from you.
641.76 -> The Mark 4 ended in 2005,
643.56 -> paving the way for an entirely
new generation of Jetta.
646.66 -> The Mark 5 had maybe the
scariest ad campaign of all time,
650.96 -> the "safe happens" commercial.
652.7 -> - Stuff doesn't sort of "like" happen.
655.013 -> - Bam!
655.846 -> Those guys are dead now!
657.59 -> Mark 5 was all right.
658.83 -> You could get it in the
sport wagon, which was cool,
660.67 -> but the standard model was basic
662.54 -> and lacked some of the character and charm
664.222 -> that the previous year had.
665.963 -> (engine revving)
669.86 -> The Mark 6 was the high-volume VW made
672.49 -> to fight their Japanese
competitors Toyota and Honda,
675.01 -> which actually was working out with VW
677.11 -> until this little thing
popped up in the press.
679.51 -> Dieselgate.
680.55 -> You ever heard of it?
681.383 -> I'm sure you have.
682.216 -> Ironically, the 2009 Jetta diesel sedan
684.49 -> was awarded Green Car of the Year.
686.36 -> An award that was rescinded in 2015
688.675 -> once the truth got out about
how the diesel produced
691.19 -> 40 times more noxious
gases than they said!
694.91 -> Just don't lie.
696.44 -> Just tell the truth.
697.94 -> Almost tanked the company.
699.14 -> The Mark 7,
699.973 -> well, not the company, just
the company in America.
702.12 -> Volkswagen is
704.26 -> too big to fail.
705.41 -> The Mark 7.
706.7 -> It's the new, hot new Jetta that VW built
709.26 -> to get them out of their lies.
711.299 -> - And in my German words,
we have totally screwed up.
714.29 -> - Because since 2011, sales of the Jetta
716.37 -> have continued to slowly decline,
718.23 -> dipping into five figure sales numbers.
720.23 -> Again, don't lie kids!
722.18 -> Once you break the bond of trust,
723.64 -> you may never, ever, ever,
never, ever, ever, ever,
726.71 -> never ever, be able to
trust that person again.
732.214 -> (laughter)
733.974 -> Thanks for watching UP to Speed
and Donut Media in general.
738.15 -> Me and all my friends work here,
739.73 -> and honestly, my dream job.
742.48 -> Oh, you want to see
another sick Volkswagen?
744.41 -> Check out this episode of my
other show Bumper 2 Bumper.
746.66 -> Follow me on Instagram and
Twitter @jamespumphrey.
749.29 -> Follow Donut on Instagram
and Twitter @donutmedia.
752.85 -> I love you.
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